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Jim Tully
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Jim is a Consultant in the Corporate team with Slater Heelis.
He has a leading reputation in the North West private equity market, having built and led over 15 years the market-leading practice at Addleshaw Goddard; at Slater Heelis his focus is now more on acting for individual entrepreneurs, management teams and investee companies.
Previously at the Co-op, as well as his Director of Legal role, he had a commercial role as an Executive of the £10 billion food business. He specialises in advising family owned businesses, particularly those going through the generations, and, as well as advising on M+A/ corporate transactions, has a particular expertise advising all clients on governance.
Jim now has a plural career, including his roles as Chairman of the family-owned brewers JW Lees, non-exec director of MGF Limited and as a trustee of various charities.
Career
Solicitor / Trainee at CMA UK, 1991 – 1996; Legal Manager at BAE Systems, 1996 – 1999; Partner at Addleshaw Goddard, 1999 – 2014; Director of Legal and General Counsel Retail at the Co-op, 2014 – 2019; Consultant at Slater Heelis, 2019 – Present
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud